Birmingham news

• 101-year-old Ralph Clarke admits indecently assaulting young boy

  12-12-2016 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 101-year-old man has admitted indecent assaults on a boy but denies attacking girls
  
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• Birmingham council chief: years of cuts could have catastrophic consequences

  12-12-2016 19:43
  
  Mark Rogers regrets decisions he has had to make after £650m budget cut since 2010, and says next year will be toughest yetBirmingham city council’s chief executive has said there could be “catastrophic consequences” for some people in the city because years of cuts have forced it to slash funding for key services for vulnerable people.Mark Rogers, who runs the biggest council in England, said the effects of six years of austerity meant Birmingham’s youth service ha
  
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• Asian fashion catwalk show takes place in Birmingham

  12-12-2016 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the market for Asian fashion grows, a catwalk show has taken place in Birmingham to celebrate the latest trends.
  
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• Wellesbourne Airfield demolition halted after dramatic council decision

  12-12-2016 17:29
  
  Council steps in to prevent owner of Warwickshire airfield tearing down buildings to make way for future residential development
  
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• Council tax-payers face massive increase in bills to pay for struggling social care services

  12-12-2016 17:25
  
  Government is expected to announce plans for inflation-busting council tax increases to pay for social care.
  
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• Free bus passes on the cards for thousands of Birmingham teenagers

  12-12-2016 16:58
  
  West Midlands Mayor candidates in backing for free public transport for hard-up under 19s.
  
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• Beware: The 12 Cons of Christmas

  12-12-2016 16:41
  Christmas is a time for giving, but people are being warned that for some unscrupulous individuals and firms it is a time for conning.
  To help shoppers avoid scams and tricksters, Birmingham City Council’s trading standards team is reminding them of the 12 cons of Christmas.
  Cllr Barbara Dring, Chair of the city council’s Licensing and Public Protection Committee, said: “With Christmas fast approaching I’m sure some people will be tempted to buy cheap goods as gifts, but
  
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• First drive: 2016 Bentley Bentayga Diesel

  12-12-2016 16:26
  
  Bentley has done the unthinkable, again: fitted its first SUV with its first diesel. Know what? It’s jolly good…
  
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• Schools enjoy a festive trip to Frankfurt Market

  12-12-2016 15:22
  Pupils from Dame Ellen Pinsent School, Kings Heath at Frankfurt Christmas Market
  Children from Skilts School and Dame Ellen Pinsent School enjoyed free rides at the Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market earlier today (December 12).
  The lucky youngsters are among hundreds of children from special schools enjoying free rides on the carousel in Victoria Square, courtesy of Bob Wilson’s Funfairs and the Loewenthal family.
  Teacher Kirsty Blaze-Jones, who brought pupils from Dame Ellen
  
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• Brexit campaigner says three million EU migrants living in the UK should be told they can stay forever

  12-12-2016 12:23
  
  Immigration controls should apply to anyone who arrives after March 2017, says MP
  
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• Two UK men who paid Brussels bombing suspect to be sentenced

  12-12-2016 08:28
  
  Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed gave £3,000 to ‘man in the hat’ Mohamed Abrini in Birmingham park
  Two British men linked to the Brussels bombing suspect Mohamed Abrini are due to be sentenced on Monday for terror offences.During a secret rendezvous in a Birmingham park, Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed supplied £3,000 to Abrini – dubbed “the man in the hat” after he was caught on CCTV at Brussels airport just before the bombing in March
  
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• The shameful number of drug-addicted babies born in Birmingham this year

  12-12-2016 06:50
  
  The number of babies in the area affected by drugs at birth rose to a shocking total in 2015-16
  
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• West Midlands 'in danger of becoming Britain's employment blackspot'

  12-12-2016 01:01
  
  Birmingham city region has failed to keep pace on jobs and pay and young people have been hit the hardest says think tank
  
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